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Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…with all agents prescribed at maximum or maximally tolerated doses. The apparently uncontrolled office blood pressure must be confirmed using home blood pressure monitoring or…

Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…redness after working with a grinder, a drill, a lawnmower, or in the wind. Suspected corneal abrasion. A red eye where the diagnosis is not…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…mL (1 mL made up to 10 mL with sodium chloride) before intravenous titration. Half of all opioid dosing errors arise at the dilution step…

Arrhythmias before and during cardiac arrest

…132 patients who unexpectedly experienced sudden cardiac arrest while being monitored with Holter ECG (the indications were palpitations, chest pain, syncope, etc.). The results were…

Clinical application of ECG in chest pain & acute myocardial infarction

…in the size of the thrombus. This means that a patient who experienced chest pain at home may be asymptomatic during the assessment in the…

Introduction to cardiac arrest

…during the stressful circumstances surrounding a sudden cardiac arrest, uncertainty may arise with regard to no flow time, low flow time, patient preferences, patient background…

The 3-phase model of sudden cardiac arrest

…by the fact that there are no means of determining what phase the patient is in. The three phases following a sudden cardiac arrest were…

Supraventricular and intraventricular conduction defects in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…block in a patient presenting with chest discomfort is strongly suggestive of ongoing ischemia/infarction. Among all patients with acute myocardial infarction the prevalence of…

CPAP and non-invasive ventilation (NIV)

…the former, a COPD exacerbation with carbon dioxide retention for the latter. The treatment is also time limited by its very nature: a patient who…

Peripheral venous cannula and intraosseous access

…the patient. Preparation and equipment Cannulae in several sizes, a tourniquet, chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, gauze, a transparent dressing, an extension set with…

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The Normal ECG: From Normality to Pathology

…learn all about the normal ECG, normal variants and diagnosis of pathological findings. A total of 8 lessons will guide you through all the waves…

Clinical ECG Interpretation

The ECG book is a comprehensive e-book, covering all aspects of clinical ECG interpretation, and will take you from cell to bedside.

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